William Roberds

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Vice-President

1000 Peachtree Street N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309-4470

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An Economic Explanation of the Early Bank of Amsterdam, Debasement, Bills of Exchange, and the Emergence of the First Central Bank

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2006-13
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 05 Oct 2006
Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
Texas Christian University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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money, central banks, coinage, debasement

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The Cls Bank: A Solution to the Risks of International Payments Settlement?

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The Cls Bank: A Solution to the Risks of International Payments Settlement?

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2000-15
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Oct 2000
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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foreign exchange, settlement risk

The Cls Bank: A Solution to the Risks of International Payments Settlement?

Posted: 01 Feb 2001
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Foreign exchange, settlement risk

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The Big Problem of Large Bills: The Bank of Amsterdam and the Origins of Central Banking

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-16
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2015
Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
Texas Christian University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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money, central banks, coinage, debasement

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Credit and Identity Theft

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-19
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Oct 2005
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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identity theft, fraud, money, search

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Understanding Risk Management in Emerging Retail Payments

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, September 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Dec 2007
Michele Braun, James McAndrews, William Roberds and Richard J. Sullivan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Payments Studies Function, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
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risk, payment, instruments, nonrival goods, fraud

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A Theory of Transactions Privacy

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A Theory of Transactions Privacy

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2000-22
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Dec 2000
Charles M. Kahn, James McAndrews and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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A Theory of Transactions Privacy

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2000-22
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Jan 2001
Charles M. Kahn, James McAndrews and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Privacy, transactions, Internet, e-money

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Settlement Risk Under Gross and Net Settlement

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 86
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Oct 2006
Charles M. Kahn, James McAndrews and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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clearing, settlement, settlement risk

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Payment Intermediation and the Origins of Banking

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 85
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Oct 2006
James McAndrews and William Roberds
Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Data Security, Privacy, and Identity Theft: The Economics Behind the Policy Debates

Economic Perspectives, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 12 Feb 2009
William Roberds and Stacey Schreft
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Government of the United States of America - Office of Financial Research
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Responding to a Shadow Banking Crisis: The Lessons of 1763

FRB Atlanta Working Paper Series No. 2012-8
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 09 Aug 2012
Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
Texas Christian University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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shadow banks, central banks, liquidity

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Transferability, Finality, and Debt Settlement

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2001-18b
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Nov 2001
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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settlement, finality, negotiability

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Money is Privacy

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Money is Privacy

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2004-18
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Aug 2004
Charles M. Kahn, James McAndrews and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Downloads 148 (242,372)
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Money, privacy, memory, search

Money is Privacy

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 May 2005
Charles M. Kahn, James McAndrews and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Citation 9
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Early Public Banks

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Early Public Banks

FRB of Chicago Working Paper No. 2014-03
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 22 Feb 2014
William Roberds and Francois R. Velde
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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central banks, exchange banks, public banks

Early Public Banks

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2014-9
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 04 Apr 2015
William Roberds and Francois R. Velde
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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central banks, exchange banks, public banks

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Payments Settlement Under Limited Enforcement: Private Versus Public Systems

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2002-33
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Mar 2003
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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payment systems, limited enforcement, settlement risk

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Credit and the No-Surcharge Rule

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2006-25
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 04 Dec 2006
Cyril Monnet and William Roberds
University of Bern and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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no surcharge, credit cards, payments, money, search

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Data Breaches and Identity Theft

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2008-22
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Nov 2008
William Roberds and Stacey Schreft
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Government of the United States of America - Office of Financial Research
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identity theft, identity fraud, data breach, fraud, money, search

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Death of a Reserve Currency

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2014-17
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 Apr 2015
Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
Texas Christian University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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central banks, reserve currency, policy insolvency

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A General Equilibrium Analysis of Check Float

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A General Equilibrium Analysis of Check Float

FRB of New York Research Paper No. 84
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Jan 1998
James McAndrews and William Roberds
Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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A General Equilibrium Analysis of Check Float

Posted: 03 Nov 1999
James McAndrews and William Roberds
Wharton Financial Institutions Center and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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Optimal Pricing of Payment Services When Cash is an Alternative

FRB of Philadelphia Working Paper No. 07-26
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Nov 2007
Cyril Monnet and William Roberds
University of Bern and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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How Amsterdam Got Fiat Money

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2010-17
Number of pages: 109 Posted: 23 Mar 2015
Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
Texas Christian University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Bank of Amsterdam, fiat money, commodity money, monetary policy, credit policy

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Payment System Settlement and Bank Incentives

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 96-10
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2015
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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Real-Time Gross Settlement and the Costs of Immediacy

FRB Atlanta Working Paper Series No. 98-21a
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jan 2015
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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payments, money, real-time gross settlement

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The Bank of Amsterdam Through the Lens of Monetary Competition

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2012-14
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Mar 2015
Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
Texas Christian University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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fiat money, central bank, monetary competition

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An Early Experiment with "Permazero"

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 2017-5
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 28 May 2017 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2017
Stephen Quinn and William Roberds
Texas Christian University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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central banks, monetary policy, zero lower bound

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Demandable Debt as a Means of Payment: Banknotes Versus Checks

FRB Atlanta Public Affairs Department WP No. 98-5
Posted: 22 Sep 1998
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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On the Efficiency of Cash Settlement

WP 95-11
Posted: 02 Jul 1998
Charles M. Kahn and William Roberds
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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A Daily View of Yield Spreads and Short-Term Interest Rate Movements

J. OF MONEY, CREDIT, AND BANKING, Vol. 28 No. 1, February 1996
Posted: 28 Apr 1998
William Roberds, David E. Runkle and Charles H. Whiteman
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business

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Endogenous Term Premia and Anomalies in the Term Structure of Interest Rates: Explaining the Predictability Smile

WP 96-11
Posted: 05 Feb 1997
William Roberds and Charles H. Whiteman
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business

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